Van Den Berghe Explained

Van den Berghe or Vandenberghe is a Belgian toponymic surname meaning in [Flemish] "from the mountain". The first form is most common in East Flanders while the concatenated version is most abundant in West Flanders.http://www.familienaam.be/ Closely related names are Van den Berg, common in the Netherlands, and Van den Bergh. Notable people with the surname include:

Van den Berghe:

• Alexis "Lex" van den Berghe, American reality show contestant
• Christoffel van den Berghe (1590–1645), Dutch Golden Age painter
• Frits Van den Berghe (1883–1939), Belgian painter
• Garry Van Den Berghe (born 1960), Canadian curler
• Herman Van Den Berghe (1933–2017), Belgian geneticist
• Paul Van den Berghe (born 1933), Belgian Roman Catholic bishop and theologian
• Pierre L. van den Berghe (1933-2019), Belgian anthropologist and sociologist

Vandenberghe:

• Georges Vandenberghe (1941–1983), Belgian cyclist
• Hugo Vandenberghe (b. 1942), Belgian politician and academic
• Roger Vandenberghe (1927-1952), French soldier in WWII and Indochina War
• Tom Vandenberghe (b. 1992), Belgian footballer

See also

• Van den Bergh